The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-28


throw Of . few chimneys and smaT
outbutldfngs. The heavy rain ct thai
hour was attended by an interesting
phenomenon. In the northern part o.
the city balls Of IRE seemed to be falling
at an angie Of IS degrees. They struck
menfs of iery fakes, rebOGnded several
hundred feet toward the east and died
away. The exhibition continued fol-
several minutes.
ARKANSAS ALSO.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April e.
About 8 p. m. to-day tornado origin
atfnG "a the Indian Territory, and NOV
ing almost due east, passed through
the country four miles north and along
Smith Railroad. 1t was between a
quarter and q mile wide, and near
Ozark, Franklin county, began doing
/ great damage to trees, houses and
fences. Farther east near Coal Hill
land GAINESVILLE, johnson county, the
damage was very serious, and many
persons were injured. -Four miles from
John Reeds child, G.. D. RoWley's
Petty were killed. A man named
| Phillips, near Ozark, was severely
injured by falling timber. The loss to
farmers in buildings, fences, stock and
| growing crops Is very heavy.
The Gazette Ozark special says: A
heavy wind approached from several
directions and the currents met In this
OF the town, about the head of which
the funnel appearance Of the cyclone
was first seen. A track 300 yards wide
| was laid almost entirely bare, timbers
and all sorts of improvements being
blown In every direction. The resi-
dence Of James Worthy, where the
funnel first struck the ground, was
blown forty feet and leyelled. Mr..
Worthy was brdly hunt. N. c. Courts
destroyed. One dwelling near by
was levelled. Nobody was hurt. Mrs.
Jane MORRISON was seriously bruised.
AT GAINESVILLE, ARK.
Fl. SMITH, Ark. April ga special
from GAINESVILLE, this state, to the
Tribune says: a terrible cyclone
passed over this country from west to
east from two to three O'Clock this
morning, passing north of GAINESVILLE,
and doing fearful damage. The
following persons were killed: Mrs.
z. NJ. Turner, child of j. NJ.
Reed, grown daughter, &. D. Rowsey.
a child Of Mr.. Retter, two children of
j. D. Hiilett. The following were
badly wounded by falling houses and
flying timbers: r. NJ. Turner and two
children, Mr.. Stovall and wife, Milton
Stone and wife, J. D. Rowsey and wife,
Mrs. W. P. Blackburn and some chill
dren, several members of Simon Wise's
family. The houses OF all these parties
were blown down and scattered far
and near. The following parties lost
their houses, barns and fences, which
were blown away and totally de-
stroyed: Thomas Self, Mike West,
.. c. Powles, stephen West, Sarah
Burt, ". n. Sword, James E. Van
Matthews SI J. !" A. e Russell sn F s. j. wood.
ward. w. P. Ford, M. F. Kirk, J. II.
Griffin, J. j. Ford, W. II. Stone, John
Solely, d. 9. Weaver, Alferd King,
Reuben King, Andrew Moulde, An
drew J. GoSSett, Jim Wise, G. Fowler,
p. II. Morgan. Considerable stock was
killed. All farms are lying open and
many families will suffer if not aided
at once.
CHICAGO, April "a News Mon
treal, Canada, special says: Montreal
and the valley Of the st. Lawrence in
this immediate vicinity is again mum
dated. An ice gorge jammed at the
head Of the st. Helen's Island caused
the wafer TO Use -FOUR 1o6G IN a Few Mill
utes, flooding Point st. Charles, Griffin
town, st. Paul and McGill. The Albion
Hotel and the Western House have
two feet of water in their dining
rooms. st. Annes Market has four
feet of water, and ChaboilleZ Square
has the appearance of an inland lake.
Nuns Island is under water, and three
hundred head of cattle are reported
drowned. The nuns themselves fled
for their lives in their night clothing.
La Prairie, st. Lambert and LorquO-
vile are under water. At the latter
place, those living on the river bank
were awakened by the ice cracking into
their houses, and carrying away roofs
and chimneys. Some people had mi
raculous escapes. The fine residence
Of Richard Smardon, which cost thous-
andS, is complete wreck. at st. Hill
laire two store houses were demolished.
From back up the river some disas-
trous intelligence is received. Barns
and bridges were carried away, and
immense loss was caused to live stock.
STILL RISING.
MONTREAL, April 22.-The water
continues to rise in the st. Lawrence
River, and all low-lying portions of the
city are flooded. Some places it has
reached depth of five or six feet, in
GLIDING Griffintown and Point st.
Charles.
Bald KnObberss Indicted.
ST.. LOUIS, April 22.-The Ozark,
Missouri, grand jury yesterday indicted